unfortunately for us, it's usually on our tax dollars. but he can do no wrong, even after this ridiculous record, this incredible damage that's been done to the united states. none of it matters because the infatuation has turned into a full-blown affair that the media has had with him. now, i know we're going to have audience participation at the end of the program, but as far as i'm concerned, you should feel perfectly welcome to use your noisemakers to let the world know how you feel when we dui our final -- give our finalists the 2012 dishonors knuckle draggers award. and is here we go. our first nominee of the night is former cnn correspondent bob franken, and he's talking about gop candidates on this show called "politics nation." and i submit to you it's on msnbc. i have personally never heard of this show, but you can rest assured there are more people currently in this room than who have ever watched this program. but it was on january 6th. check it out. >> this seemed to be appeals to the extreme right-wing of the republican par